{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Fourth Way","title":"(284)S11E9/7: Augustine \"On Lying\"","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3258,"description":"I explore Augustine's case against lying. A huge thanks to Seth White for the awesome music!Thanks to Palmtoptiger17 for the beautiful logo: https://www.instagram.com/palmtoptiger17/Discord Discussion Board: https://disboard.org/server/474580298630430751 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/thewayfourth/?modal=admin_todo_tourYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd3KlRte86eG9U40ncZ4XA?view_as=subscriberInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theway4th/ The Historic Faith Courses: https://thehistoricfaith.com/Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VSvC0SJYwku2U0awRaNAu?si=3ad0b2fbed2e4864Against Lying: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1313.htmOn Lying: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1312.htmPrevious episode on lying: https://thefourthway.transistor.fm/episodes/consequentialism-the-moral-conundrum-of-lying-to-save-livesQuotes:1: Of lies are many sorts, which indeed all, universally, we ought tohate. For there is no lie that is not contrary to truth. For, as lightand darkness, piety and impiety, justice and iniquity, sin andright-doing, health and weakness, life and death, so are truth and alie contrary the one to the other. Whence by how much we love theformer, by so much ought we to hate the latter. Yet in truth there besome lies which to believe does no harm: although even by such sort oflie to wish to deceive, is hurtful to him that tells it, not to himthat believes it.2: Some man will say, So then any thief whatever is to be accountedequal with that thief who steals with will of mercy? Who would saythis? But of these two it does not follow that any is good, becauseone is worse. He is worse who steals through coveting, than he whosteals through pity: but if all theft be sin, from all theft we mustabstain. For who can say that people may sin, even though one sin bedamnable, another venial? But now we are asking, if a man shall dothis or that, who will not sin or will sin? Not, who will sin moreheavily or lightly.3. Apostle Peter had that in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/JGkV-vDM_2fB5-17TQ9iEONJxTXbDMwB1A42S8-5Pm0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0ODIvMTU2NjEy/NDE3OS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}